📖 Definitions of "Grieving"
verb
- 1
To cause sorrow or distress to.
- 2
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
"to grieve one's fate"
- 3
To experience grief.
- 4
To harm.
noun
- 1
An act or instance of feeling or expressing grief.
🔄 Synonyms of "Grieving"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bereft | (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone. |
| sorrowful | exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) |
| bereaved | having suffered the death of a loved one |
| mourningnoun | Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. |
| grief-stricken | Very sad. |
| sorrowingnoun | The act of feeling sorrow. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grieving"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mourningnoun | Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. |
| sorrowful | exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) |
| sorrowingnoun | The act of feeling sorrow. |
| grief-stricken | Very sad. |
| bereft | (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone. |
| bereaved | having suffered the death of a loved one |
| mournverb | (ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). |
| sorrowverb | (intransitive) To feel or express grief. |
| heartachenoun | Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence. |
| bereavementnoun | The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death. |
| griefverb | (online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game, and especially by exploiting game mechanics without using cheats to do so, often through acts of destruction or vandalism. |
| sadnessnoun | (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad. |
| weepingnoun | Action of the verb to weep. |
| cryingnoun | The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting. |
| lossverb | (colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost. |
| lamentingnoun | Lamentation. |
| heartbroken | (idiomatic) Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance. |
| anguished | Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent. |
| woeful | Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. |
| desolateverb | Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. |
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